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With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Wells Fargo and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

Wells Fargo facts

Headquarters (founded)

San Francisco (1852)

Market Cap

$218.6 billion

Industry

Diversified banks

Trailing-12-Month Revenue

$79.9 billion

Management

Chairman / CEO John StumpfCFO Timothy Sloan

Return on Equity (average, past 3 years)

12%

Dividend Yield

2.9%

Competitors

Bank of AmericaCitigroupJPMorgan Chase

Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 90% of the 5,002 members who have rated Wells Fargo believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.

Just yesterday, one of those Fools, All-Star alittlelost, succinctly summed up the Wells Fargo bull case for our community:

[Wells Fargo] is going to benefit from a strengthening economy and rising interest rates. [I]n the [past quarter], it grew its earnings by 23%. [W]hile that is unlikely to continue at that rate (more likely at 8%), it is currently trading at a respectable 11.6x earnings. [T]he stock should continue to do well with a growing dividend and stock repurchases going forward.